Look Maaa what I found!
Posted: Sun Feb 20, 2011 1:38 am
Yesterday, we, my fiancée,her sister,their mom and I, were talking about my visit to one of the gun shops. Her mom asked me if I wanted a gun.Then as we are chatting, she dragged in a cardboard box into the drawing room. You knew immediately that there was a gun inside. Well it was an air rifle of her son who is in US now. It looks decently made and despite its years there is almost no rust anywhere and the barrel is shining spotless. Also to be found were to unexpected items.
The air rifle is an Izhmash Model-38 break barrel in .22 calibre.Got a USSR star on it too. As I said, nothing fancy but neatly made. Despite having been left in that box for so long, the gun was spotless except for some surface patch of rust on the barrel tip.
You gently press this lever and the barrel smoothly drops open for you to cock it.
One is a knife made by her brother when he was in a polytechnic.Seems it was mandatory for all youngsters to work as a proletariat before they went to university during the Soviet era. I wish it's the same for everyone all over the world. Experience as a worker teaches a lot of things apart from respect for physical labour and those who do it. I digress.That knife is solidly made. Both sides of the blade are razor sharp and so is the point. Length 13.5" and width 1.5". Will make a cracking pig sticker except that the hand guard is not wide enough. Trust me this knife is one mean SOB.I am not into the aforementioned sport.So, it's more a nice knife in my case.
The second one is a bayonet of WW-II vintage. It belonged to the paternal grandfather who was a surgeon on the Crimean front I am told. It obviously went on a Mosin-Nagant rifle. The blade is 20" long. In superb condition for its age.
They were telling me how my fiancée's mom outshot a bloke in an air rifle competition who thought she couldn't do better than him and challenged her.He slunk away it seems post the results.
You never know what turns up. I asked her if she got a rifle and a pistol tucked away anywhere in the house.LOL.
Best-
Vikram
The air rifle is an Izhmash Model-38 break barrel in .22 calibre.Got a USSR star on it too. As I said, nothing fancy but neatly made. Despite having been left in that box for so long, the gun was spotless except for some surface patch of rust on the barrel tip.
You gently press this lever and the barrel smoothly drops open for you to cock it.
One is a knife made by her brother when he was in a polytechnic.Seems it was mandatory for all youngsters to work as a proletariat before they went to university during the Soviet era. I wish it's the same for everyone all over the world. Experience as a worker teaches a lot of things apart from respect for physical labour and those who do it. I digress.That knife is solidly made. Both sides of the blade are razor sharp and so is the point. Length 13.5" and width 1.5". Will make a cracking pig sticker except that the hand guard is not wide enough. Trust me this knife is one mean SOB.I am not into the aforementioned sport.So, it's more a nice knife in my case.
The second one is a bayonet of WW-II vintage. It belonged to the paternal grandfather who was a surgeon on the Crimean front I am told. It obviously went on a Mosin-Nagant rifle. The blade is 20" long. In superb condition for its age.
They were telling me how my fiancée's mom outshot a bloke in an air rifle competition who thought she couldn't do better than him and challenged her.He slunk away it seems post the results.
You never know what turns up. I asked her if she got a rifle and a pistol tucked away anywhere in the house.LOL.
Best-
Vikram
the rifle looks to be in very good shape, tested it yet? no 
....and some pretty nifty leg-pullers from friends
..good ones vikram..both the guns and the in laws.. 
